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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Romania	Spain	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	40,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	40,563	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	40,775	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	41,433	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	42,205	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	42,869	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	43,672	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	44,370	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	45,246	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	45,993	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	46,378	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	46,573	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	46,746	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	46,777	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	46,603	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	46,465	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	46,420	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	46,460	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	46,543	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	46,739	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	47,116	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	47,366	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	47,342	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	47,625	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.